• On January 17 our lead designer, Michelle Mathis, will be at Wickliffe all day meeting with staff and students as a way to better understand our playground and begin gathering input and ideas for the design.
  
  
• We are inviting all families, community members, and children to an evening event to get a greater sense of what the community is hoping for too.
  
  
• A formal conversation will happen at 6 p.m. and then the rest of the time will be an opportunity for adults and kids to engage in some form of play while also asking and answering questions.
  
  
• Please help us to spread the word to neighbors and anyone who you know uses the playground as we want to get many folks involved in providing their thoughts and ideas.
  
  
• Playground idea collection:
• When: January 17 6-8 p.m. (please arrive at 6 if you want to hear the start of the presentation)
  
• Where: Town Square at Wickliffe
  
• Why: To play and share thoughts about Wickliffe’s outdoor play space
  
• Who: Current Wickliffe families and kids, community members, neighbors, and anyone interested in outdoor play spaces!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Calling all burrito lovers! Foil your dinner plans and stop by the Chipotle, Kingsdale, for our fundraiser on Wednesday, January 18!

Registration for the Wickliffe PTO’s After School Discovery (ASD) program opened last week and runs through TONIGHT, Tuesday, January 10, at 11:59 p.m. This program lets K-5 students at Wickliffe explore diverse interests through fun extracurricular courses such as sports, creative arts, engineering, languages, and more. Visit https://www.wickliffepto.org/asd to register, to see a list of all courses and their descriptions, and for scholarship information. Classes begin on January 17 and will run for six sessions. They will be held at Wickliffe immediately after school from 3-4 p.m.

Visit http://www.wickliffepto.org/open_forms to register. You will be prompted to login, and then After School Discovery will be listed under the heading "Store & Date (Information) Forms." Please look for a confirmation email following registration. Some classes do fill up quickly.

We are also seeking volunteers to help with student dismissal to make sure students get where they need to go after the ASD session ends. They are short, 30-minute volunteer slots, so please consider helping! Even just signing up for a single session would help out. Sign up here.

A limited number of scholarships are available to help close the gap between a family's ability to pay and the course fee. Applications for consideration can be submitted to the ASD Committee through the Scholarship Request Form. Submissions will be treated with discretion and only shared as needed for the purpose of approving and awarding scholarship funds.

Kick off the New Year with SHED Fitness circuit-style group classes!

Purchase one of the below two passes to SHED Group Fitness and have 10% of the proceeds go to Wickliffe PTO. Offer must be purchased between Dec 15, 2022 - Jan 31, 2023 and redeemed on or before Feb 28, 2023

TWO week pass for $25 (Promo Code #WICKLIFFE)

ONE month unlimited for $99 (Promo Code #WICKLIFFE2)

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• Thursday, January 19, 5:30 p.m., at Wickliffe we will be holding our first book club to discuss Demystifying Disability by Emily Ladau to learn the history of disability and how to better support an inclusive community. Haven't finished (or started!) the book by January 19? No problem! Come for the discussion regardless of progress as we learn together. Reserve or buy the book now and sign up here so we know how many people to plan for.
• We have created a sign up for subcommittees to help host/moderate other upcoming events. Check out the details and sign up here.

Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day and a great time to discuss his meaningful work and legacy with children! 

Our Staff Appreciation Committee brings a cart of coffee, tea, treats, and snacks around the school to share with all staff. It’s a small but important way to show our educators our immense appreciation for all they do (and help them sneak in a little caffeine!). 

The coffee cart is offered on Wednesdays from 7:45 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. and we are in search of volunteers to help with a morning shift (making coffee, stocking the cart, and walking it around to the classrooms). Can’t join us in person? You can also support by making an early morning donut run. Lots of ways to get involved! Contact Marjie.Bland@gmail.com if you’re interested in helping!